Accomplishments: Canadian Fours Rowing Champions, 1938. The Regina Rowing Club had never entered the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta, let alone won but in 1938 the team comprised of Harry Duckett (bow), Newt Hughes (second), Dick Priest (third), and Jack Peart Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Senior Men’s Golf Champions, 1992. Left to Right: Fred Clark, Ray Marsh, Ron Corrins, Ron Whiteside. The 1992 Saskatchewan Senior Men’s golf team composed of Ray Marsh (captain), Fred Clark, Ron Whiteside (all from Saskatoon), and Ron Corrins Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Willingdon Cup Team Golf Champions, 1964. History was made in 1964, as it marked the first time that a Saskatchewan golf team had won the Interprovincial Willingdon Cup team title. The team consisted of Alec Bland (the non-playing Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Men’s Broomball Champions, 2001. The Regina Silver Screen Bruins dominated the Regina league collecting 11 wins and just one tie in their 12-game schedule. Their dominance continued in tournament play with them having no losses while winning events Read more →
Accomplishments: World Men’s Five-Pin Bowling Champions, 1978. The team of Brian Falconer, Manny Primeau, Doug Primeau, Wayne Akers and Bill Miller was formed in 1975 and became one of the best bowling teams ever to come out of Prince Albert. Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Men’s Five-Pin Bowling Champions, 1953. The first ever Canadian Men’s Five-Pin Bowling Championship was held in Regina at the Bolodrome in 1953. Chosen as the western representatives, the Regina team would get to bowl in front of a Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Midget Baseball Champions, 1973. Between 1968 and 1977 Melville baseball teams won eight Provincial championships and two Western Canadian championships. Their crowning achievement came in 1973, when the Melville Elks won the first ever Canadian Midget Baseball Championships. Read more →
James Trifunov took part in the 1924 Paris, 1928 Amsterdam, and 1932 Los Angeles Olympic games. The 1928 games in Amsterdam saw Trifunov obtain his best results, a bronze medal. As both a featherweight and bantamweight, James accumulated a total Read more →
Jeff Thue was sixteen years old when he joined Regina’s Underdog Wrestling Club in 1984. He won the 1985 provincial and national Midget Wrestling Championships. The following year he placed second at the National Junior Championships. He won gold at Read more →
Originally from Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Scott Reeves first moved to Saskatoon to complete his grade twelve year at Bedford Road Collegiate. It was there that he took up the sport of wrestling. While he had competed in other sports prior to Read more →
Rawson was an outstanding athlete, a successful coach and a founding father of wrestling in Saskatchewan. Donald was a member of the University of Toronto Wrestling Team from 1922 to 1928. During this period, he won the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Read more →
In 1950, Dave started out on a coaching career, which was to span three decades and see him become one of the most successful wrestling coaches in the country. Starting in 1952, Dave Pyle coached numerous provincial teams in national Read more →
A member of the Regina YMCA Wrestling Club and the Olympic Boxing and Wrestling Club, Vern Pettigrew wrestled his way to five Canadian Amateur Wrestling Championships in 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939 and 1940. Vernon was a member of the Canadian Read more →
At 13 years of age, Terry Paice was a silver medal winner in the Provincial Men’s Open Wrestling Championships, the beginning of a long list of accomplishments. In 1972, he won the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU) gold medal for Read more →
Ron began wrestling as a high school student in Kitchener. In 1976, Ron became Ontario wrestling champion in his weight division. This was to be the first of 13 consecutive provincial championships in three different provinces (Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan). Read more →